+1 On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 9:50 PM Stephane Ducasse <[email protected]> wrote:
> About the mooc and the social barrier I agree. > We should make sure that shy people ask questions. > > On Sun, Apr 9, 2017 at 7:45 PM, Ben Coman <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 9, 2017 at 8:09 PM, Dimitris Chloupis <[email protected]> > wrote: > > #welcome is not necessary there is already a bot in place that provides a > > welcome message and displays a command for help for newcomers > > There have been some requests to remove the bot. > But I see that you've responded to feedback to tune its behaviour, > so I'm happy to wait to see how that panes out. > But oh! the irony... > > jecisc-Yesterday at 8:16 PM > Can you delete this level thing with the bot please?(edited) > > Mee6BOT-Yesterday at 8:16 PM > GG @jecisc, you just advanced to level 3 ! > > > btw, where is the bot hosted? > > > > #help is not necessary too, Discord has a search capability which could > be > > potentially used from inside a Pharo image but again the question is who > is > > going to do this > > Its not just about searchability. Its a social barrier thing. > If the regulars are rolling through some deep discussion, > a newcomer may hesitate to jump in with a side topic. > > If you want to condense channels, then probably the #mooc and #help > could be rolled into one. > > cheers -ben > > > > > #mooc , I am not against this idea but again we had a student yesterday > > asking for help that is following Mooc , I had no problem providing it > and > > he had not issues with the process of getting his question aswered in > > #general channel. If he asked at #mooc I would have missed it because I > am > > not going to keep a mind in all channels. > > > > For general questions I would prefer , even if they are mooc related , > to be > > at #general channel, lets not fragment our discussions for little > > justification, > > but for very mooc discusions, like where to find a specific > > teach or reports of errors in mooc it makes sense to have a mooc channel. > > > > My policy is to point an admin for each channel , channel admis are > > different than us general admins, we have full power they can only > > > > 1)manage message in a specific channel > > 2) manage webhooks (for example github commits or rss feeds) > > 3) create instant invites > > > > so if there is one person that is willing to become a mooc admin i will > > create the channel and add his as admin > > > > On Sun, Apr 9, 2017 at 5:33 AM Ben Coman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Could we have additional channels: > >> > >> #welcome - which would be the generally advertised invite URL. A > >> read-only channel that informs about community rules and summaries > available > >> channels etc (maybe including hidden channels and who to ask for invite) > >> > >> #help - To be referenced from in-Image Help Browser. Maybe later have > an > >> in-Image chat tool that connects to this channel. How cool would it be > to > >> have live help from within the IDE? > >> > >> #mooc - So people can maybe look back through history before asking > >> questions, and also people further along might help others less > advanced ==> > >> more participation > >> > >> cheers -ben > > >
